Sunday, March 25, 2012

Good Reads: Halfway to the Sky + Pretty Little Liars

What's sad is when you don't have much time for pleasure reading. That's the worst. I've been reading Tracks by Louise Erdrich for a class and it's no fun at all. Thankfully, I'm almost done so I've been pushing it to the side to read the Pretty Little Liars books because I'm getting close to finishing the series. FINALLY. But anyway, I LOVE to read and I wanted to recommend some books!

• Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Bradley - I read this in elementary or middle school so it's been a while. It may be a child's read but all I remember is it being amazing!! It's a true story of a girl who hikes the Appalachian Trail, I do believe.

• Modelland by Tyra Banks - Okay, okay, I actually haven't even started this one. But as I watched the latest season of ANTM, I had to get it!!! I'll try to let you know what I think when I finish it. Has anyone read it yet?

• Having a Mary Heart In a Martha World by Joanna Weaver - I read this book with my Small Group and it's so wonderful! I learned more from it than probably any other book, besides the Bible. It tells the story of Martha and Mary from the Bible, explains the difference between the two, and tells how we can live more like Mary.

• Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - I have enjoyed this series so much! I'm almost done with book eight and even through that many books, my attention is still held the whole way. The books are a little different from the show and it gets really confusing reading them while the show is airing so I recommend not doing that, but I do recommend the books. So good!

What are you reading? I really do always need something to read that I've never heard of so please fill me in!

I'm currently reading the Mary Russell series by Laurie R King. If you like Sherlock Holmes/Agatha Christie, then you'd love these! I'm a huge fan. :)I feel your pain though - I almost never have time to read, even though I work at a library. So ironic.

I have the pretty little liars series sitting on my e-reading shelf but am scared to start them because I am afraid that they might ruin the show for me. I have heard they are completely different and I'm still unsure about how I feel about this.I just finished The Best Of Me by Nicholas Sparks. It was good, different from his other novels. I only read it because of a friend insisting is was better than all the others. It was good, not my most favorite ever.

Anyways, I would personally recommend that you read Matched. I am reading it now and LOVING it.